[Civil War nurse]

[Civil War nurse]

Photograph

[Civil War nurse]

ca. 1863
Tintype with applied color
Image: 2 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (6.4 × 5.2 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 13/16 in. (9.4 × 8.3 × 2.1 cm)
Purchase
1969.0207.0006
Inscriptions Inscribed on paper pinned to velvet pad inside of case: Civil War \ Nurse
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 656
Entry 656 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Ferrotype of young lady from Simpson-Bowers Family of Clinton, Iowa. She was Civil War nurse. Dressed in sort of uniform. Strange glasses. Cost 1.00 worth 3.50 or 5.00
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